The President of Rwanda has admitted wanting to kill a leading opposition
figure who was found dead in his hotel room earlier this month.

Paul Kagame said his country’s former spy chief, whose body was found in
Johannesburg on January 1, had posed a security threat to Rwanda.

Patrick Karegeya, a leading opposition figure who had been granted asylum in
South Africa, was found drugged and strangled in a luxury hotel room. A
bloody curtain cord and towel were later discovered in the room’s safe.

“Rwanda did not kill this person—and it’s a big no,” Mr Kagame said in an